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    Present Modal Verbs of Deduction and Probability Exercise

    Check through the different uses.


    TYPE

    USE

    MODAL VERBS

    EXAMPLE

    to express possibilities for the future

    COULD, MAY, MIGHT

    It may rain tomorrow.

    to express certainty

    CAN'T, COULDN'T, MUST

    She can't be Irish.

    for possible explanations

    COULD, MAY, MIGHT

    She could be Scottish.

    A Look at the following phrases and write in which type you think they are. Then fill the gaps.
    TYPE
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    6
    7

    They (may/must).......................... be away for the weekend but I'm not sure.
    He (can/could).......................... be French, judging by his accent.
    They (can't/may).......................... still be out!
    With luck, tomorrow (can't/could).......................... be a sunny day.
    You (can/might).......................... be right but I'm going to check anyway.
    The exam (can't/might).......................... be easy. You never know.
    It (may/can't).......................... be true about a sauropod dinosaur living in Lake Tel in the
    Congo. It's impossible.

    Dave reckons she's from The States but I think she (can't/might).......................... be from
    Scandinavia.

    9
    10

    I (can't/might).......................... go to the party but I'm not sure yet.


    This (must/could).......................... be the right answer but we'll have to check with your
    teacher to make sure.

    11
    12
    13

    She (can't/could).......................... steal things from shops. She's rich and famous.
    I really think Real Madrid (can't/could).......................... lose the final of the King's Cup.
    She's been revising 10 hours a day for 3 weeks. She (could/must).......................... be
    exhausted.

    14
    15

    Nobody's answering. They (can't/must).......................... be out.


    He (can't/may).......................... be from the USA. He doesn't speak English.

    B Now write some examples of your own.


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    Written by Bob Wilson Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2013

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    TYPE 1 They may be away for the weekend but I'm not sure.
    TYPE 3 He could be French, judging by his accent.
    TYPE 2 They can't still be out!
    TYPE 1 With luck, tomorrow could be a sunny day.
    TYPE 3 You might be right but I'm going to check anyway.
    TYPE 1 The exam might be easy. You never know.
    TYPE 2 It can't be true about a dinosaur living in Lake Tel in the Congo. It's impossible.
    TYPE 3 Dave reckons she's from The States but I think she might be from Scandinavia.
    TYPE 1 I might go to the party but I'm not sure yet.
    TYPE 3 This could be the right answer but we'll have to check with your teacher to make
    sure.
    TYPE 2 She can't steal things from shops. She's rich and famous.
    TYPE 1 I really think Real Madrid could lose the final of the King's Cup.
    TYPE 2 She's been revising 10 hours a day for 3 weeks. She must be exhausted.
    TYPE 2 Nobody's answering. They must be out.
    TYPE 2 He can't be from the USA. He doesn't speak English.

    www.autoenglish.org

    Written by Bob Wilson Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2013

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